Thursday, November 5
San Diego, CA
Saint Mary's College of California
vs
SoCal Intercollegiate
So. Sam Simmonds
Photo by: Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner
11/9/2026 12:18:00 PM | Men's Tennis
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The Saint Mary's men's tennis team competed in its final event of the fall season this past weekend, competing down south in the SoCal Intercollegiate hosted by fellow West Coast Conference member San Diego.Â
Senior veteran Paulo Hugo Etchecoin highlighted the team's success this weekend, winning three singles matches to reach the finals of the Singles B Flight on Sunday. The Brazilian took down LMU's Denis Maijorov 6-1 6-2 on Thursday to advance to the quarters on Friday. Etchecoin won in straight sets yet again on Friday over Washington's Oskar Rouse before taking down Brock Anderson from San Diego State 6-2 7-5 on Saturday to advance to Sunday's championship match. His run would end there though, falling to Alexander Guajardo from UC Irvine 3-6 3-6.Â
Alexander Gschiel, Joey Lyon and Sam Simmonds also joined Etchecoin down in San Diego. Lyon and Gschiel both suffered defeats in their opening rounds of play while Simmonds won two matches in the extra-matches portion of the event. Simmonds went 2-0 on Saturday with straight set wins over Washington and UC San Diego to conclude a successful weekend for the sophomore from Australia.Â
Full weekend results can be found HERE.Â
LOOKING AHEAD
Saint Mary's has officially concluded its fall schedule and will break for the winter. Head coach Dan Cardiff and his squad will kick off their spring campaign with a dual at Stanford on January 13. Additional schedule information can be found at smcgaels.com.Â
Be sure to follow your Gaels on Facebook, Instagram, and X to get all the latest Saint Mary's athletics updates and information.Â
#GaelsRise
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Senior veteran Paulo Hugo Etchecoin highlighted the team's success this weekend, winning three singles matches to reach the finals of the Singles B Flight on Sunday. The Brazilian took down LMU's Denis Maijorov 6-1 6-2 on Thursday to advance to the quarters on Friday. Etchecoin won in straight sets yet again on Friday over Washington's Oskar Rouse before taking down Brock Anderson from San Diego State 6-2 7-5 on Saturday to advance to Sunday's championship match. His run would end there though, falling to Alexander Guajardo from UC Irvine 3-6 3-6.Â
Alexander Gschiel, Joey Lyon and Sam Simmonds also joined Etchecoin down in San Diego. Lyon and Gschiel both suffered defeats in their opening rounds of play while Simmonds won two matches in the extra-matches portion of the event. Simmonds went 2-0 on Saturday with straight set wins over Washington and UC San Diego to conclude a successful weekend for the sophomore from Australia.Â
Full weekend results can be found HERE.Â
LOOKING AHEAD
Saint Mary's has officially concluded its fall schedule and will break for the winter. Head coach Dan Cardiff and his squad will kick off their spring campaign with a dual at Stanford on January 13. Additional schedule information can be found at smcgaels.com.Â
Be sure to follow your Gaels on Facebook, Instagram, and X to get all the latest Saint Mary's athletics updates and information.Â
#GaelsRise
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